A search of the Ministry of Attorney Generals Execution database to determine if a writ of execution granting a court order to put in force a judgment obtained by a plaintiff from a court.
If a debtor fails to make payment on a judgement, a Writ of Execution can be issued by the Superior Court and filed at the local Sheriff/Enforcement office in the jurisdiction of the business or individual. The Execution Certificate will reveal any active Writs on file for the name(s) searched. For details of the Writ (issue date, court type, judgment amount, etc.) a Writ Detail Report can be ordered for an additional fee.
| Personal Names - Surnames | If You Search | You Will Get |
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| Spaces are ignored when doing a surname search. The entire last name searched must match exactly. If you type a surname that has an internal space, or a hyphen or multiple capital letters, the search locates a range of matches. | WISE MANN, JOAN | WISE MANN, JOAN and WISEMANN, JOAN and WISE-MANN, JOAN |
| DAROSA, MARIA | Da Rosa, Maria and Darosa, Maria and DaRosa, Maria and Da-Rosa, Maria |
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| Personal Names - Given Names | If You Search | You Will Get |
| If you type a given name that has no internal space or hyphen, the search only locates exact matches. | JONES, MARYANN | JONES, MARYANN |
| If you type a given name that has an internal hyphen, the search locates exact matches for the combined name and also each portion of the name. | JONES, MARY-ANN | JONES, MARYANN and JONES, ELIZABETH MARY and JONES, MARY LYNN and JONES, MARY ANN |
| If you type a given name that has an internal space, the search locates exact matches for each portion of the name. | JONES, MARY ANN | JONES, ELIZABETH MARY and JONES, MARY LYNN and JONES, MARY ANN |
| The order in which given names are searched does not matter. If multiple given names are entered, a hit will result even if only one given name matches. When searching, single letter given names are ignored. |
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| Corporations | If You Search | You Will Get |
| Leading symbols - The system will provide matches whether or not the symbol is there. | $EVERY PLACE or $ EVERY PLACE | EVERY PLACE and $EVERY PLACE and $ EVERY PLACE |
| Numbered companies must have the number in the same sequence and location in the name to get a match. | 001122 ONTARIO LTD | 001122 ONTARIO LTD |
| Spaces and punctuation do not affect search results and would provide the following matches. | ACME CONSTRUCTION or A C M E CONSTRUCTION or A.C.M.E. CONSTRUCTION or A. C. M. E. CONSTRUCTION | ACME CONSTRUCTION and A C M E CONSTRUCTION and A.C.M.E. CONSTRUCTION and A. C. M. E. CONSTRUCTION |
| When doing a company search, the following sets of words are treated equally: (I) LTD=LTEE=LIMITED=LIMITEE (ii) INC=INCORPORATED=INCORPOREE (iii) CO=COMPANY=COMPAGNIE=CIE (iv) CORP=CORPORATION (v) AND=& but does not = ET (vi) THE=LE=LA=LES are ignored when searching |
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Reports will be emailed within 1 hour and will vary depending on the time of order and system availability.
